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RCEL Technology for Engineering Leadership Richard Baraniuk Rice University nanotubes knowledge forms a network algebra geometry art history proteomics linguistics knowledge forms a network networks enable new means to produce and exploit knowledge today’s education pipeline authoring editing peer review publishing distribution lectures homework exams credentialing education ecosystem authoring feedback editing peer review publishing distribution lectures homework exams credentialing enabler 1: technology Web/XML common framework for sharing Internet virtually free distribution virtually infinite, permanent storage knowledge – primordial state learning machine enabler 2: new IP intellectual property and copyright make content safe to share common legal vocabulary inspiration: open-source software (Linux) author retains their copyright but opens access via open license (CC-BY) Connexions (cnx.org) non-profit open education platform founded 10 years ago 1000 open textbooks/courses 15500 Lego modules free on-line low-cost in print contributors worldwide in many languages usage per month: 1.5 million unique users 70 million hits from 190 countries some Connexions partners Community College Open Textbook Project 100+ CC’s in USA and Canada developing a suite of free open textbooks Government of Vietnam developing new curriculum at 40 universities Siyavula / Shuttleworth Foundation complete K-12 curriculum for South Africa IEEE educational outreach in electrical engineering quality review of open materials OE legislation US state e-textbook initiatives in CA, VA, WA, … US President Obama’s AGI $50m for community college open textbooks Open College Textbook Act, US Senate (Durbin) textbooks and learning materials a public good; materials developed with government support (NSF, NIH, DOE, …) to be OE Dutch Wikiwijs project (OE mandate) unexpected consequences Catherine Schmidt-Jones private music teacher, USA music theory textbooks Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India physics textbook unexpected consequences Catherine Schmidt-Jones private music teacher, USA music theory textbooks 15 million uses to date Sunil Kumar Singh engineer and parent, India physics textbook 4 million uses to date outreach inreach outreach beyond the book learning machine personalized learning personalized learning assess each student’s background, interests, and learning goals plan a course of study through the web of knowledge track student’s progress and suggest supplemental learning opportunities provide continual rich feedback to the student, instructor, authors cognitive tutor classical artificial intelligence approach top-down rules built by human experts expensive, time-intensive improves student learning learning machine leverage last decade’s tremendous progress in machine learning (Google, Amazon, Netflix, ...) and community development (Wikipedia, Connexions, Facebook, Flickr, …) bottom-up open source rules inferred by computer algorithms and a global user community inexpensive, real-time opportunities open education free access, high-quality, up-to-date out-reach (disseminate RCEL’s innovative programs) in-reach (bring real-world into Rice curricula) learning machines bring to life links between courses and concepts encourage self-directed, exploratory learning improve learning outcomes “turn teaching from a solo sport to a community-based research activity” [Herb Simon]